Abram ta hupitha Lot
1 Aakwaniilwa yane: Amrafel gwokuBabilonia, Arjok gwokuEllasar, Kedorlaomer gwokuElam naTidal gwokuGoiim. 2 Oya ka hingila aakwaniilwa yakwawo yatano iita: Bera gwokuSodom, Birsha gwokuGomorra, Shinab gwokuAdma, Shemeber gwokuSeboim nomukwaniilwa gwaBela (kokutya gwaZoar). 3 Aakwaniilwa mbaka yatano oya hangana e taa gongele omatangakwiita gawo molusilu lwaSiddim, mpoka pu na ngashingeyi Efuta lya sa. 4 Oya adhika ya kala mepangelo lyaKedorlaomer omimvo omulongo nambali, ihe momumvo omutimulongo nomutitatu oya tsu ondumbo naye. 5 Momumvo omutimulongo nomutine Kedorlaomer naamboka ya gama kuye, oye ya nomatangakwiita gawo e taa dhenge Aarafa muAshterot-Karnajim, Aasusi muHam, Aaemim molushandja lwaKirjatajim 6 nAahori moondundu dhaEdom sigo okuElparan kooha dhombuga. 7 Nena oya galuka e taye ya kuKadesh (haku tiwa Enmishpat). Oya lala evi alihe lyaAayamaleki e taa dhenge Aayamori mboka ya kala muHazazon Tamar.
8 Nena aakwaniilwa gwaSodom, gwaGomorra, gwaAdma, gwaZebojim nogwaBela oya fala omatangakwiita gawo molusilu lwaSiddim e taa kondjitha 9 aakwaniilwa mboka gwaElam, gwaGoiim, gwaBabilonia nogwaEllasar, aakwaniilwa yatano ya kondjitha aakwaniilwa yane. 10 Ihe olusilu lwaSiddim olwa li lu udha iiko yi na onka yomevi, naakwaniilwa gwaSodom nogwaGomorra sho ya kambadhala okufadhuka po, oya gwile miiko, manga aakwaniilwa yakwawo yatatu ya yi ontuku koondundu. 11 Aakwaniilwa mboka yane oya yugu po shaa shoka muSodom nomuGomorra, osho wo iikulya, e taa yi. 12 Lot, omwanagona gwaAbram, okwa li wo muSodom, onkee oye mu kwata po pamwe nomaliko ge agehe. 13 Ihe omuntu gumwe okwi iyaka po e te ke shi lombwela Abram, Omuhebeli ngoka a li popepi noomwandi oondjapuki dhaMamre Omuamori. Mamre naamwayinamati Eshkol naAner oya li ye na ekwatathano naAbram. 14 Abram sho a kundana kutya omwanagona a kwatwa po, okwa homateke aapiya ye aainekelwa ayehe mboka ye shi okukondja, ye li 318 ayehe kumwe, e taa landula aakwaniilwa mbeyaka yane sigo okuDan. 15 Oko Abram a topola aantu ye moongundu e ta ponokele aatondi ye uusiku e te ya dhenge. Okwe ya tidha sigololo oHoba, kuumbugantu waDamaskus, 16 e ta galula ko iihakanwa ayihe ya li ya kuthwa po. Okwa galula ko wo omwanagona Lot nomaliko ge agehe pamwe naakiintu noonkwatwa adhihe.
Melkisedek ta yambeke Abram
17 Abram sho a galuka kokusinda Kedorlaomer naakwaniilwa ooyakwawo, omukwaniilwa gwaSodom okwe mu tsakaneke molusilu lwaShave (halu ithanwa wo Olusilu lwaakwaniilwa). 18 Nena Melkisedek, omukwaniilwa gwaSalem, ngoka a li wo omuyambi gwaKalunga kokombandambanda, okwe etele Abram oshikwiila nomaviinu 19 nokwe mu yambeke ta ti: “Kalunga kokombandambanda, ngoka a shiti egulu nevi, na yambeke Abram; 20 Kalunga kokombandambanda, ngoka e ku pe esindano okusinda aatondi yoye, na simanekwe!” Abram nokwa pe Melkisedek oshitimulongo shomiihakanwa ye ayihe e yi kutha miita.
21 Omukwaniilwa gwaSodom okwa lombwele Abram a ti: “Kwatha ndje, u galulile ndje aantu yandje ayehe, ihe iihakanwa kala nayo.”
22 Abram okwa yamukula a ti: “Otandi gana koshipala shOmuwa, Kalunga kokombandambanda, omushiti gwegulu nevi, 23 kutya itandi tindile sha shoye, nando okashona, nando oluthipathipa nenge omuya gwoongaku, opo waa tye, owa yambapaleke Abram. 24 Itandi ikuthile sha. Otandi zimine owala shoka aantu yandje ya longitha mokulya. Ihe aalumentu mbaka twa li nayo: Aner, Eshkol naMamre, naa taambe oshitopolelwa shawo.”
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